Jamaica Star
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 15:25:35 -0500Cops find AK-47 rifle on roof in Harbour View
One AK-47 rifle was today seized at Texaco district, Bayshore Park, Harbour View, Kingston by police from the Kingston East Division. Reports are that about 11:30 a.m., an operation was carried out at a premises when the firearm was seized from the....
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 15:16:06 -0500Man crashes into wall trying to flee cops, gun and ammunition seized
Detectives assigned to the Portmore police division seized a taurus semi-automatic pistol and a magazine containing three 9mm rounds of ammunition on Barracuda Avenue, Breaton, Portmore in St. Catherine yesterday. Reports are that about 5:23 a.m.,.....
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:44:51 -0500Miami imposes emergency curfew after spring break crowds and fights
MIAMI (AP) -- Miami Beach's commissioners will hold an emergency meeting Sunday to determine whether to extend an unusual 8 p.m. curfew aimed at curtailing spring break crowds that got so out of hand that authorities had to call in SWAT...
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 11:36:46 -0500Prince Harry gives advice to grieving children in new book
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Prince Harry has written the foreword for a new book aimed at the children of frontline workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess...
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 11:30:44 -0500Seven Jamaicans among 15 nabbed in suspected human smuggling venture
Miami, United States (CMC) -- The United States Coast Guard law enforcement teams have interdicted several Caribbean nationals in a suspected human smuggling venture off the south coast of Florida. According to Coast Guard officials, the...
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:56:41 -0500Holness expected to announce stronger COVID measures today
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to announce stronger new COVID-19 containment measures at a 5 o'clock press conference this afternoon. The current measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus will expire tomorrow, Monday March...
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:38:52 -0500Nine more Jamaicans die from COVID, 391 hospitalised, 673 new cases
Nine more Jamaicans have lost their lives as a result of COVID-19 increasing the death tally to 533. Six of the deceased are from Kingston and St Andrew, four males aged 81, 72, 61 and 31, and two females aged 82 and 75. The other deceased include.....
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:23:28 -0500Over 100 people arrested at illegal party in Papine
Members of the security forces arrested over 100 people on Saturday night after they were found at an illegal party in Hope Town, Papine, St. Andrew. Police say the persons arrested will face charges under the Disaster Risk Management Act and the.....
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:04:58 -0500Man charged in connection with illegal gun found in ceiling
Twenty-five-year-old Tourenio Douglas of Penwood Road in Kingston 11 has been and arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, following a seizure on White Lane in the parish on Thursday, March 11. Reports from the Hunts.....
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:58:36 -0500Clarendon man arrested for chopping woman during argument
A fisherman of Portland Cottage district in Clarendon has been arrested and charged for chopping a woman with a machete during an altercation on Tuesday. Charged with wounding with intent is 35-year-old Randy McKenzie, otherwise called 'Freddy...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:31:30 -0500Half of UK adults have gotten one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (AP) -- The U.K. says half of the country's adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, a milestone in the government's drive to reach everyone over age 18 by the end of July. Health Secretary Matt Hancock...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:53:41 -0500Overseas spectators banned from Tokyo Olympics due to COVID risks
TOKYO (AP) --Spectators from abroad will be barred from the postponed Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months. The decision was announced Saturday after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government,...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:38:00 -0500Cops find ammo in unfinished building on Old Hope Road
The Half Way Tree police seized forty-eight 5.6mm cartridges on Old Hope Road, Kingston 6 on Friday. Reports are that about 10 a.m., cops were on an operation in the area, during which a search warrant was executed at the premises where an...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:04:52 -0500Two soldiers charged for allegedly raping trainee
Two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) members, 22-year-old Michael Grant and 19-year-old Anuk Moncrieffe have been arrested and charged, after they allegedly raped a trainee at the JDF Headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston on Thursday. Police reports.....
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:32:51 -0500Jamaica records 695 new COVID cases, five more deaths
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica have surged passed 34,000, as the country recorded 695 positive results from the 1,864 samples tested in the last 24 hours, pushing total cases to 34,665 with 17,958 active. Of the new cases, 280 are males...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:53:30 -0500Cops shut down illegal parties in West Kingston, several party-goers arrested
Several party-goers were arrested in West Kingston on Friday night for breaches under the Disaster Risk Management Act, as the police shut down two illegal parties. In a series of videos shared by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:07 -0500‘COVID was at my doorstep’ - Shaw happy to get vaccine
Having lost his eldest sister, 80-year-old Pauline Hutchison, to the dread coronavirus two months ago, Jamaica's Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Audley Shaw, was determined to take the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available.......
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:18 -0500‘Stronger measures coming’ - Holness says current COVID-19 wave more dangerous
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he would be announcing tighter COVID-19 measures which he said are "designed to protect our healthcare system and save lives". The prime minister, speaking during the Budget Debate in Parliament, said Jamaica is....
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:21 -0500Second Portland councillor dies in six months
Councillor Derron Wood became the second member of the Portland Municipal Corporation to die in office in the last six months. Wood, a four-time councillor of the Fairy Hill Division in East Portland, died at the University Hospital of the West......
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:06 -0500JUTC employee dies after being run over by bus
"Each time me look at him picture, tears full me eyes because me heart a grieve," said Collin Brown. This harrowing pain has been with him since last Thursday after receiving news that his father was hit from his pedal cycle by a Jamaican Urban.....